Bedstead.



G. T. BOUSLOG.

BEDSTBAD. ABM-1041191! FILE!) 12x24, ms.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

INVENTOR 6190 WITNESS S 2.

A TTORNEYS GEORGE 'r. BOUSLOG, 0F RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI. nans'mm.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application and June 4, not. Serial No. 4%,689.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonca T. BovsLoo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Raymond, in the county of Hinds and State of Mississippi, have invented Im rovements in Bedsteads, of which the fol owing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in bedsteads, and more particularly in what are known as iron bedsteads, so that an adjustable post and rail construction is provided.

The object of the invention is to rovide a device of the class described, simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, which is rovided with rails adapted to be horizonta ly adjusted with respect to the corner posts.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing parts broken away and )arts in dotted outline.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention, it should be understood that I provide a bed construction having rails adjustable in length and in elcvation on the corner posts. For this purpose I provide adjustable collars adapted to be arranged on the corner posts, and arms extending at angles thorol'rom and substantially horizontal to the ground. The rails I cmplov are hollow and are adapted to be slidably arranged on the arms of tho collars, set screws being provided so that they may be adjusted at any desired distance from the corner posts. For shipping or storing, my construction can be taken apart and packed in a vcr v small space.

ltvforring more particularly to the drawings, rc vresonts' a corner post of a bedstead. Shdablv arranged on this post is a collar 2 consisting of substantially equal sections 3 and 4, having their adjacent edges. These extensions are suitably fashioned as shown most clearly in tanoe from one another are studs 15.

extensions 5 at one of I ,Fig. 2, to constitutes hinge having registerin openings 6 to receive a pivot pin 7. The other adjacent edges of the sections of the collar are secured to one another by means of a pivoted catch 8 arranged on one of theieetions, and a pin 9 arranged oil the other set tion and adapted to be engaged by the catch 8. ..A set screw 10 for enga ing the corner post is arranged in one of fi'lG-SGClLlOIlSfOI adjusting the collar in osition on the post. Each section of the col ar is provided with an arm 1] at substantially right angles to -0ne another, and horizontal to the ground.

I further provide hollow rails 12 adapted to be removably arranged upon the arms 11 of the collar, for which purpose I thread through the ends of the rails, set screws 13 which are designed to bind on the arms 11 and retain the rails in adjusted positions. Located upon the rails and at any desired dis- Connecting the opposite studs, as shown most clearly in Fig.1, are flexible cross members 16, such as wire or the like, and having their ends bent upon themselves to form loops 1? for receiving the studs 15. Those cross members form the springs for the bed and receive the mattress, and may be adjusted to any desired tension by the adjustment of the railson the arms of the collar.

Having thus described my' invention, I claim as new and desire to sccurc by Letters Patcnt:-

In bedstcads, corner posts, hinged collars arranged on said cornor posts, means for locking said collars, set screws arranged in said collars for adjusting the same in position on said corncr posts, arms. at substantially ri ht angles to one another, carried by said collars, hollow rails arranged between said corncr osts and carried by said arms, mehns for adjusting said rails on said arms, studs arnanged upon said rails, and flexible members, chnstituiing springs joining said studs carried by opposite rails.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE 'I. BOUSLOG. Witnesses: i

A. R. EPPERSON,

W. S. NEAL. 

